Fresh parma ham & minted pea salad recipe

With the sun making a welcome appearance this week and Easter just around the corner, I thought I’d get invest in some fresh ingredients to create a delicious spring salad. I searched online and found an excellent recipe for a parma ham, buffalo mozzarella and pea salad called ‘A Taste of Newcastle’ by chef Andrew Scott. As this contained all of my favourite foods, I gathered together the ingredients and set to work recreating this famous dish and here’s how I got on:

Sweat off the finely diced onion, add the peas until cooked through with the cream and mint leaves.

Blitz the pea mixture in a food processor, then season to taste

Add lemon juice to the olive oil and whisk

Halve the cherry tomatoes and arrange on a plate with the mixed salad leaves

Slice the mozzarella, and top the salad with the Parma ham, mozzarella and asparagus

Pipe the pea puree onto the plate, drizzle the olive oil mixture over the salad and scatter a few pine kernels top

I think this recipe would be ideal as a starter for your Easter meal or could be a delicious lunch on its own. I’ve actually made the pea puree again and have used it as a fresh pesto for pasta, which is absolutely gorgeous! Let me know if you try out this recipe for yourself this Easter and tweet me your photos to @Cassiefairy.

Cassie is a freelance writer with a Masters degree in lifestyle
promotion studies. She loves to 'get the look for less' so regularly shares thrifty fashion posts, DIY interior design ideas and low-cost recipes on her blog.

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